GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| trenchant | keen |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| laud | praise |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |